Starting September 2026, Google will require all Android app developers to register before distributing APKs, and nearly 50 organizations are now pushing back. Here’s what changes in 2026 and why it ...

In the coming weeks, Google will officially debut Android developer verification, which will require app makers outside the ...

EFF and F-Droid have led 37 organizations in demanding Google rescind its mandatory Android developer registration policy set ...

The letter to Google leadership articulated deep concerns about mandatory developer identity verification requirements that will reshape the Android ecosystem.

In an open letter to Google and the Android developer community, Keep Android Open argues that the new policy threatens ...

F-Droid has challenged Google’s claim that sideloading is safe, calling it false. The conflict centers on new Android developer verification rules that require government ID and Google approval.

37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside Play Soon, developers who just want to make Android ...

Android 17 Beta 2 has been released for Pixel devices. You’ll find support for the build all the way back to the Pixel 6 lineup. Inside Beta 2, there are plenty of noteworthy things. There’s a section ...

Google announced policy changes that place more requirements on Android developers last month, which are supposed to make the Android ecosystem a more safe and secure platform. Some say these new ...